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These new features are a part of the Instagram v20.0 update that is rolling out now. The photo-sharing app has launched a new camera format for Stories called Superzoom, which you can use to create zoom-ins with dramatic sound effects. Until the holiday is over, users can easily transform themselves into zombies, vampires, and more. They also include some candy corns, devil horns, a pumpkin, eyeball sweets, a fancy apple, and a bunch of other weird aesthetically pleasing bits. Read More »

The device is also apparently relying on two upcoming Microsoft projects: CShell , a revamped version of the Windows Shell, and Core OS , which makes the operating system more modular. Microsoft reportedly isn't trying to target Andromeda at average consumers. Windows Central doesn't offer up any potential specifications for the Courier-like device, but it's clear Microsoft will focus on universal Windows apps like OneNote and Edge primarily. Read More »

The event starts at 6 p.m. and will end around 8 p.m. WIC Certifier Kyrissa Gray said each year they hold a fall festival , but this year they chose to change it up a bit to give local parents a safe place to trick or treat with their young ones. Read More »

The US investigation, first unveiled in May 2015, has seen federal prosecutors in NY indict around 40 football and sports marketing executives with allegedly receiving tens of millions of bribes and kickbacks. "Looking back I think I was blind . I did not see it", he sobbed, dressed in a dark suit, stripey tie and pale blue shirt. Trujillo is forfeiting $175,000 under the terms of his plea deal. Read More »

It was then reported that a hacker working on behalf of the Russian government targeted an NSA worker using Kaspersky software, and later it was alleged that Israeli officials had reported the Russian operation to the USA after they had hacked into Kaspersky's network. Read More »

You can download Workplace Chat for Windows here. Previously, users could only access it on desktop via a browser, or on a mobile phone through the Android and iOS apps. "We envision Workplace as an employee's command center for everything that's happening with their team, their company, and their industry", said Julien Codorniou, the vice president of Workplace. Read More »

All it takes is one pair in the wrong place - a genetic mutation - for things to go horribly wrong. Using the fix system, which relies on enzyme Cas13 (instead of Cas9 normally used by CRISPR ), the team consistently achieved the desired edit in up to 51% of target RNA without signs of significant off-target activity. Read More »

AMD said that the Cinebench benchmark shows that its Ryzen chips fall just short of Intel's fastest single-thread performance, but that Ryzen is 44 percent better than Intel on multithreaded performance. Both processors have 6MB last-level caches and are configured to run within a 15W TDP envelope, though notebook manufacturers can reconfigure this down to 12W or up to 25W to suit their designs. Read More »

Samsung is working on the Turkish version of Android 8.0 and looks like it will be a happy new year for loyal users of phones from the South Korean tech giant. Also new is a feature to limit the power usage of background applications, which will make them less of a drain on battery life. Around 200 passengers of Spanish flag carrier Iberia have received an early Christmas gift from Samsung Electronics Inc in the form of the Galaxy Note 8. Read More »

However, thanks to the trove of past leaks and the newest detail from Oppo, there's little that we are unaware of. The Oppo R11s seems to come in an all metal body and will offer black, red and rose gold colour variants. On the back, the R11s has a 20MP+16MP dual camera setup, wheras on the front, it has a 20MP front camera with an artificial intelligence software support. Read More »

In the fourth quarter, Walgreens Boots reported a company net earnings decrease of 22.1% to $802 million with diluted net earnings per share decreasing 20% to 76 cents versus the quarter a year earlier. This repurchase authorization authorizes the pharmacy operator to buy up to 5.9% of its shares through open market purchases. COPYRIGHT VIOLATION WARNING: " Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc . Read More »

The scientists successfully managed to measure the magnetic force of the antiproton to a level that is 350 times more precise than ever before. They found that the magnetic moment of anti-protons is the same as that of a proton, but with the opposite sign. Read More »

The company recently announced that it has sold more than 4 million devices during the Diwali festive season. Currently, there's no info available on which smartphone Xiaomi will be launching on November 2, but as per the official teasing, it will be the first selfie-centric Xiaomi smartphone with the company's MIUI 9 Global ROM on board. Read More »

But in several cases high influential ownership could give a false signal to value investors, and can't be reconciled with the original intent of the strategy. The true range indicator is the greatest of the following: current high less the current low, the absolute value of the current high less the previous close and the absolute value of the current low less the previous close. Read More »

The BMW X2 coverage continues today with a set of wallpapers showcasing the new SUV in Galvanic Gold Metallic. BMW has taken the wraps off its new X2 SUV ahead of its official debut at the Los Angeles motor show at the end of November 2017. Read More »

It turns out the creature isn't an alien's pet, but a moth called Creatonotos gangis . A man in Indonesia posted a picture and video of the insect on Facebook last week, drawing more than 40,000 comments, many from people expressing alarm and asking astute questions, such as: " What wizardry is this? ". Read More »

Luckily for Cheech, it was love at first sight when he met his new owner, Carrie. Cheech and the grieving Daisy instantly hit it off, acting as a beaming ray of sunshine during a dark time for Carrie and her surviving canine. She immediately got involved with the city's animals, starting a Facebook group for lost and found pets. If smiling is contagious, then this darling dog at a Texas shelter needs to be quarantined. Read More »

After a recent check, company stock has been trading near the $78.68 mark. About 14.15M shares traded. Microsoft Corporation has a 52-week low of $57.28 and a 52-week high of $79.34. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Friday, April 21 by Pacific Crest. The firm has "Sell" rating given on Monday, September 25 by Jefferies. The stock has a market capitalization of $603.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.93 and a beta of 1.01. Read More »

Daimler calls it the E-Fuso Vision One. The Vision One weighs about 23 tons and carries a payload of around 11 tons, 2 tons less than its diesel version. The first small series of the eCanter has been handed over to customers in Japan including the convenience-store giant Seven-Eleven, and Japan's largest delivery-logistics provider Yamato. Read More »

The phone is now listed on Amazon with a $199.99 price tag but it's currently being offered with a $50 discount. The screen, for example, is protected by Gorilla Glass 3 (but has a paltry 720p resolution). Launching the company's first ever phone technically made to work with Sprint's CDMA network in addition to GSM carriers was an important milestone for BLU Products, even though the S1 doesn't exactly provide a lot of bang for your buck. Read More »

RCom with debts of ₹46,000 crore had a standstill from the lenders till December 2017 to repay ₹25,000 crore of debts, failing which the lenders may convert a part of the debt to equity. The move comes after the company, reeling under debt of around Rs. 46,000 crores, failed to close to its wireless business merger deal with Aircel in the beginning of this month. Read More »

Cisco and Google have teamed up to offer hybrid cloud to Cisco's enterprise customers, hoping to lure them onto the Google's public cloud platform in preference to Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. Google's enterprise-class API management tool Apigee is also in the package, enabling legacy workloads running on premises to connect to the cloud through APIs. Read More »

Now, after nearly seven years - and 35 million unit sales - its production has finally come to an end. No further details were provided. Unveiled at E3 back in 2009 as Project Natal, Kinect was a full-body motion-sensor interface for the Xbox 360. Read More »

A report published this morning by Bloomberg suggests that Apple is anxious enough about not having enough of its flagship smartphones to sell during launch and the holiday quarter that it is taking drastic measures. It's not clear how much the new specs will reduce the technology's efficacy. It scans your face to check that it's actually the phone owner who's trying to unlock the device. Read More »

Juniper Networks, Inc . (NYSE: JNPR ) ended its day at $26.16 with the rising stream of 1.55% and its total traded volume was 5.91 million shares more than the average volume. Juniper Networks, Inc . ( JNPR ) is expected to post revenue of $1.33 Billion in the current quarter, according to consensus of 14 analysts. This indicates a relatively solid earnings per share growth rate of 7.94% over the next few years, which is an optimistic outlook in the near term. Read More »

Dan Riccio, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, called the acquisition a "great addition as Apple works to create a wireless future", according to Stuff . It is not clear if Apple will be keeping the development in New Zealand for the long term, but Graeme Muller of New Zealand's tech industry body NZTech said that PowerbyProxi's founders "would nearly certainly re-invest the sale proceeds back into the economy, potentially starting other new businesses and creating a ... Read More »

That screenshot did show off the front of the 5T which revealed smaller bezels and the lack of fingerprint scanner below the display. The OnePlus 5T has been subjected to multiple leaks ahead of the launch which does reveal a gist of specifications and features about the device. Read More »

Nissan's knife-edged IMx crossover is a long-range electric SUV that seeks to encapsulate the company's Intelligent Mobility initiative in a single vehicle. At a pre-show seminar at its Advanced Technology Center in Kanagawa, company officials told me that by 2022, 70% of Nissan EVs will be built on this scalable new architecture. Read More »

Ubisoft has announced that a new free trial is available for South Park: The Fractured But Whole on PS4 and Xbox One , which will allow players the chance to check out The Fractured But Whole experience for free. As the sun sets on the quiet Colorado town, chaos reigns as the seedy underbelly of the city comes alive. The town needs new heroes to rise! Eric Cartman seizes the opportunity to save the town and create the best superhero franchise ever, Coon and Friends, with himself, The ... Read More »

The agency will be back online by the end of Tuesday, Yuri Pogorely, Interfax Deputy CEO, told Reuters. " According to our observations, most victims of the attack are in Russian Federation". "This ransomware infects devices through a number of hacked Russian media websites", said Kaspersky Lab's Vyacheslav Zakorzhevsky, the head of the anti-malware research team, in a statement . Read More »

Over the past week, the Pixel 2 received attention around screen burn issues on some Pixel 2 XL displays. Google has begun to roll out Google Lens to the first-gen Pixel and Pixel XL . The screen burn-in is something which people with OLED screens should worry about. This can not surely lead to the thinking that all Pixels 2 XL's will end up with a burn-in issue. Read More »

So far we've yet to have word on whether the Vapor will be launching in other markets around the world but we hope to hear details for the United Kingdom and Australia soon. It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon wear 2100 processor with 4GB of RAM. Unfortunately, the Vapor is missing some key features that a lot of people have come to expect in a smartwatch. Read More »